Spiraea tomentosa
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Read about Spiraea tomentosa in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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Spiraea tomentosa, Linn. Hardhack. Steeplebush. Shrub, 4 ft. high, with upright, brown, tomentose branches: lvs. ovate to oblong-ovate, acute, unequally and often doubly serrate, densely yellowish or grayish-tomentose beneath, 1-2 1/2 in. long: fls. deep pink or purple, in narrow dense panicles, brownish tomentose and 3-8 in. long; stamens somewhat longer than the obovate petals; sepals reflexed: follicles pubescent, usually diverging. July-Sept. Nova Scotia to Ga., west to Man. and Kans. B.B.(ed. 2) 2:245. Em. 2:485. Gn.M. 5:344. Var. alba, Rehd. (f. albiflora, Macbride). With white fls. F.E. 8:833. Gng. 5:149.—This species does not spread by suckers like most others of the section Spiraria. All the last-named species are valuable as late-blooming shrubs and decorative with their showy panicles of bright or deep pink fls. They appear at their best when planted in masses in the wilder parts of the park in low ground. CH
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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